Roskilde

Roskilde is a city located in Zealand, near Copenhagen. Also the former capital of Denmark. The city was founded in the 980s by Harald Bluetooth on the site of an old Danish settlement. The capital and the center of the Danish church were also transferred there. The city experienced several sieges in the Middle Ages. In 1443, the capital was moved to Copenhagen, but Roskilde remained for many centuries an important port of Denmark in Zeeland.